Name: In Our Time
ISBN: 9781649742254

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Spare, Unsettling Fiction

A lean collection where loss and separation meet Hemingway’s instantly arresting prose.

Come here for

Short fiction shaped by grief, alienation, and separation
A landmark moment in Hemingway’s move into fiction

Expect

Sparse prose that leaves room for reflection
A collection with a curious publication history

Book Details

Authors: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: October 9, 2023
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: World War I Historical Fiction · 20th-Century American Fiction
Reading lane: World War I Historical Fiction

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Publisher Categories

Literary Fiction
20th-Century Historical Romance
Short Stories (Single Author)

About This Book

In Our Time has a curious history in that Earnest Hemingway released it in at least three different versions. The first edition (the 1924 Paris edition) was commissioned by Ezra Pound for Three Mountains Press and contains six prose vignettes. The collection explores loss, grief, separation, and alienation—topics Hemingway would never leave behind. Until Ezra Pound asked him to write this collection, Hemingway was primarily a writer of non-fiction. This collection would fore...

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In Our Time has a curious history in that Earnest Hemingway released it in at least three different versions. The first edition (the 1924 Paris edition) was commissioned by Ezra Pound for Three Mountains Press and contains six prose vignettes. The collection explores loss, grief, separation, and alienation—topics Hemingway would never leave behind. Until Ezra Pound asked him to write this collection, Hemingway was primarily a writer of non-fiction. This collection would forever change that. Hemingway’s sparse style attracted attention immediately. The face of American fiction would never be the same.